I Shortage To Last 3 ast 3 2 Years V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Nov 10 UP smokers now feeling the Impact of reduced crops over the past few years may be up against a continued shortage for two and possibly three years it was learned Frida Friday now on the market according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the department of ot agriculture agriculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag were made for the most part from tobacco grown in 1941 and the improved crop for tor 1944 will not be available in the form of or until 1947 1941 Tobacco reserves have been cut to 48 18 of or the 1939 total as a result of heavy withdrawals from stocks to ease the present shortage The average yearly production I of tobacco from tram 1940 through 1943 the department said was 1 pounds compared with wilh an average average average av av- av- av I of pounds in the years 1935 through 1939 Because the product is stored from two to three years before belore it itis itis itis is used the effect of ot the short crops arc are now being felt The department department department de de- de- de discredited reports report that more cis arc are being sent abroad as a cause of the shortage which Is becoming more and more acute A spokesman reminded that soldiers always smoked even as civilians and that the United States Slates has always been a big exporter exporter ex ex- porter of oC tobacco